Get the council to pay for it, you will have to take them to the small claims court but they will pay the day for the appearance. Just be warned they use all sorts of underhanded techniques to wriggle out of it so you have to be persistent.
My council solicitor sat in the waiting room and ignored the case being called, then the case was awarded to me. The council solicitor then explained that he did not hear the call so it had to be rescheduled. Then they claimed that I sent the claim to their highways subcontractor (as they told me to do) so we had to redo all the paperwork and start again.
Then 9 months later I get a phone call the day before the trial offering 50% payment. I said no way and they coughed up the full amount if I dropped the case.
Its all standard practice with these b@stards, dont let them get away with it.
I got £900 for a new alloy and tyre.